Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus, . N SQUASH. YOKOHAMA SQUASH. per oz Early Egg, or Apple. Skin yellowish-white; thin; flesh dry and well-flavored in its green state; fruit small. Perpkt., 5. 20 Early Yellow Bush Scolloped. An early, flat, scollop-shaped sort; color yellow; flesh pale yellow, tolerably fine-grained and well-flavored ; very productive. Per pkt, 5, 15 Early White Bush Scollopek. This is a sub-variety of the E
Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus, . N SQUASH. YOKOHAMA SQUASH. per oz Early Egg, or Apple. Skin yellowish-white; thin; flesh dry and well-flavored in its green state; fruit small. Perpkt., 5. 20 Early Yellow Bush Scolloped. An early, flat, scollop-shaped sort; color yellow; flesh pale yellow, tolerably fine-grained and well-flavored ; very productive. Per pkt, 5, 15 Early White Bush Scollopek. This is a sub-variety of the Early Yellow Bush. The planthas the same dwarf habit, and the fruit is nearly of the same size and form. Perpkt., s . IS Early Summer Bush Crookneck. This is generally esteemed as one of the finest of thesummer varieties ; color bright yellow ; skin very warty, thin, and easily broken;flesh dry and well-flavored; should be used while young. Perpkt., 5. .15 Boston Marrow. Form ovate ; skin thin; when ripe, bright orange ; flesh rich salmon-yellow, very dry, fine-grained, and for sweetness and excellence unsurpassed; avery popular variety in the Boston market; a fall and winter variety. Per pkt., 5, 20. HUETARD SQUASH. Hubbard. This is a superior variety, and the best winter Squash known ; flesh brightorange-yellow, fine-grained, very dry, sweet, and rich-flavored ; keeps throughout the winter. Per pkt., 10 25 Fall or Winter Crookneck. The kind most generally cultivated in New England for falland winter use ; flesh salmon-red, very close-grained,dry, sweet, and fine-flavored; keeps well. Per pkt., 5 15 Canada Crookneck. A smaller variety of the preceding; ripens early, and, all things con-sidered, is one of the best of the Crooknecks for general cultivation ; very , s 15 Honolulu Nectarine. Productive, and of good quality ; keeps well. Per pkt., 10 Valparaiso, or Lima Cocoanut. A large-growing winter vanety; a good variety for fall andwinter use. Per pkt., 5 Custar
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